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Mr Richard Holden vs Dame Meg Hillier

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay
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Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 955 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 914 different votes 955 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
8 Aye 22 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
67 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
34 Aye 70 No
9 Aye 30 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 96 shared votes
50 Aye 46 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
137
+53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
222
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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